Are you old school or hi tech?

Just wondering out of curiosity, how do you read books? Do you actually buy the paper, carry a kindle, or download on your iPad?

If and when I actually read a book, I go to the store (not Amazon) and buy the book. Something about holding it in my hands that I still really enjoy. The same holds true for The New York Times and magazines.

I myself feel the same way. I still like the feeling of holding a book in my hands. Add to that the ease of simply throwing a book into my bag and not caring about whether it gets damaged in the process gives me peace of mind. However that’s not to say that I won’t jump on the bandwagon of downloading it onto my iPad before long.

Ginny

There’s something to physically holding a book, the feel of
the pages, that I can’t let go of. I bought my boyfriend a Nook
Color for Christmas and he can’t get enough of it, so I know they
have wonderful utility for some folks…I just can’t give up my
ritual of sitting on my couch with a glass of wine with a good
hardback.

I didn’t think the Kindle would be my fav. I really thought I’d be “okay” with it but that I would never be the person to wax poetic about the device. And I was wrong. I’m a voracious reader and the Kindle has turned out to be fantastic for me. It’s not because I think it will replace hard copy books – I really don’t think it will. The thing about the Kindle is that for someone like me who can often have five books going at once, I don’t have to carry all 5. I could carry one, have one at home, and have a few on the Kindle. It also allows me to purchase a cheaper version of a book of a new author before I clutter up my limited apartment space with a hard copy by an author that I’m not sure I’ll like. If I buy an ebook and like the author then you can bet I’d probably buy a hard copy of their next works. Factor in the reading in bed thing and the ease of just propping up the Kindle on a pillow and only needing to use one hand to operate it and just works well. I would do the Kindle over any back-lit device any day. It’s so much easier to read. All that being said, I still love to crack open a hard copy book on a rainy day.

I read my newspapers and magazines on the iPad – Press Display, fantastic! But I’m total old-school (how odd it feels, saying this) when it comes to books. Always the real deal. I can’t imagine this ever changing. Even on the rare occasion when I do buy the ebook, I always get the paper one as well.

Selina

Hi Mary,

I’m torn on this one. I don’t use Kindle but if I were traveling more, it might make sense if I found myself needing more than one book..say on a RTW adventure. But otherwise?
True of not, I feel more productive and stimulated holding a book or magazine so I can actually relax with it, sans the digi-hum, if you know what I mean. Also, when it’s in my feedly or stream, I can get lost in click-throughs to other things, does that happen to anyone else? Having a 3-d copy keeps it simple, and that excited feeling of cracking open a fresh book or magazine is the best.

heidi

I travel all over for my job and exclusively use my kindle. I really love reading books on my kindle. I love that in 10 seconds I can have a new book. Most people don’t really think that they would love one, but I got one of my employees a kindle for christmas and she was like “great” but after a few days she was like “how did I live without this”.

Retailers are being replaced by technology – see ya Blockbuster. Who’s next?

Well…here I am, the only one??lol I made the switch last
February to the Kindle, and I’m never looking back.. Here’s some of
the reasons, not in any order: -Privacy, I can be reading anything
I want and no one in the cafe’ can tell what I’m up to…Sometimes
a guy might not want everybody to know that he’s snoopin’ through
Eat, Pray, Love..lol -I like to bounce from book to book, on a
Kindle, it keeps my bookmark and I can have access to dozens of
books at any time. -The Dictionary/Thesaurus is worth the price
alone for me. Here’s my best argument for the digital world..Let’s
imagine if the Kindle was here first and I said to you “I’ve got a
great idea, let’s cut down some trees, start a paper mill, print
books on paper and then have them delivered all over the
world…get the picture. best tb